Christine Kebr charged with taking bribe to help Arthur Bedway Jr.'s company get contract

A former systems analyst for the city of Pittsburgh has pleaded guilty to accepting $6,000 in bribes to help a man fraudulently obtain a $327,000 contract to install radios and computers in city police cars.

Christine Ann Kebr, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to take a bribe in connection with an agency that receives federal funds -- the city -- and will be sentenced April 4. Charges filed last month listed one $3,000 bribe, but Kebr acknowledged receiving two such bribes on Thursday.

She acknowledged conspiring with 63-year-old Arthur Bedway Jr., of Robinson Township, and an unnamed woman who pretended to be the owner of his Alpha Outfitters business, which got the set-aside contract because the city believed the company was female-owned.